Contribution of rarity and commonness to patterns of species richness

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-87

  Lennon, Jack J ^a   Koleff, Patricia ^b   Greenwood, Jeremy J D ^c   Gaston, Kevin J ^d  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Parques del Pedregal ^*  (Mexico)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution; Diversity; Rarity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; RARITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES;

EID: 1342269514     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2004.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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